Rococo Furniture
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Italian Rococo Gilt Eagle Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo style gilt high back carved eagle back armchairs with cupid stretcher and upholstered seat, 19th-20th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Venetian Chinoiserie Gilt and Lacquered Mirror
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Italian Venetian style mirror decorated in the chinoiserie taste featuring a hand-carved frame finished with an ivory lacquer ground. Decorated with carved scrolls and surmo...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Provincial rococo table from the late 18th century. The table can be used as either a side table or a window table or wherever it fits best. Ma...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Highly Decorative Rococo Timber Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A highly decorative French Rococo wood fireplace. The jambs with scrollwork throughout surmounted by frieze with scrolls, floral embellishments and cartouche to centre. French. Curre...
Category
18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Admiral Lord Nelson's Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
- A hugely rare and intimate piece of British history: Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson's snuff box
- Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758–1805) is one of the most celebrated figures in British history, best remembered for his heroic efforts during the Napoleonic wars.
Nelson's career as a naval officer saw him lead the British fleet to several victories, during which he suffered injuries, including the loss of his right arm and the sight in his right eye.
His most famous victory came in October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy decimated the combined fleets of the French and Spanish navies.
Prior to the battle, Nelson sent out the famous message "England expects that every man will do his duty". Tragically, he was shot by a French sniper and died on board his ship the HMS Victory mid battle.
His body was returned to England where he was granted a state funeral, and numerous monuments were erected in his honor, including Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
This tortoiseshell composition snuff box was originally owned by Lord Nelson, and features a miniature watercolor scene of the Amalfi coast on the top.
The box was gifted by Nelson to his personal secretary George Unwin, during a dinner party in Sicily in late 1798 or early 1799 which was also attended by Nelson's mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton.
Nelson had first met Hamilton in 1793 and the pair were reunited in 1798 following the Battle of the Nile.
Having been severely injured, Nelson recuperated in Naples, during which time he was nursed back to health by Lady Emma and her elderly husband, Sir William Hamilton.
It was during this period that Nelson and Hamilton began their famous love affair, which lasted until Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
It seems highly possible that Nelson gave this gift to Unwin as a show of generosity, in an attempt to impress his mistress over dinner.
The snuff box is offered along with a manuscript letter by Unwin's son, George, which reads in full:
"My Father had either lost his own snuff box on going ashore or in some shop in Palermo and upon mentioning the circumstances at Lady Hamilton’s table where Lord Nelson was one of the party his Lordship...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Large Vintage Lanvin Silk Scarf Pale Blue Butterflies Fruits French
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Large vintage Lanvin silk scarf pale blue butterflies fruits French
Beautiful and rare vintage silk scarf
Very pretty with butterfly and d...
Category
Late 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair of German Rococo style Meissen sconces feature beautifully encrusted porcelain flowers and petals and exceptionally finely hand painted passages. In their unmatch...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Rococo Italian Hand Carved Gilt Pair Of Mirrors
Located in Houston, TX
Incredible, rare, small size Rococo gold gilt pair of carved wood mirrors. These are so much more impressive in person. The original gold g...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ornamental Top, Polychromed and Giltwood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Top in carved, polychrome and gilded wood, 18th century.
Painted finish imitating marble decorated with scrolls and vegetal motifs carved and gilded on its front surface. He would be...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
Sterling Silver Kirk & Sons Repousse Candleholders and Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sterling silver Kirk & Sons candleholders signed & S Kirk & Sons sterling silver bowl. Repousse pattern in pristine condition.
Measures: Sterling silver candleholders - 4.5 x 4
St...
Category
20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of 18th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical figurines of smell and hearing from a set of the senses probably modeled by J....
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Asnaghi “Eubea” Dining Table and 12 Chair Suite in Harwood, Gilt and Silk
Located in Barrowford, GB
Asnaghi make pieces of furniture that are far more than just that. They create real works-of-art of intrinsic value, Peerless in design and execution, and expected to become heirloom...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
3D Powdered Canvas with an 18th Century Italian Fragment and Gold Leaf Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold leaf shells and gold-plated crystals on a hand painted gallery 1-inch canvas. The canvas is distressed with gold leaf powders used by restorers in Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are no longer available. The powders coordinate with the gold leaf shells. The 18th century fragment is originally from Liguria.
The Italian artifact...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Brass & Steel Rococo Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A brass and steel French Rococo fire basket. The decoratively cast brass legs with shaped steel burning area. Decorative cast iron back behind. Mode...
Category
Late 20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Steel, Brass
3D Powdered Canvas with an 18th Century Italian Fragment & Gold-Plated Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold-plated crystals on a hand painted gallery 1-inch canvas. The canvas is distressed with gold powders used by restorers in Italy in the 18th and 19th century. The powders coordinate with the gold-plated crystals and fragment piece. These powders are no longer available.
The 18th century fragment originally came from a church in Liguria. The Italian artifact...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian giltwood 19th century candlesticks made into table lamps. Silver gilt over Gesso.
This pair of 19th century candlestick lamps has been wired for the US.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Portuguese Rococo 18th Century Mahogany Console Table / Side Table
Located in Troy, NY
Portuguese 18th century console or side table, of the Rococo Period, showing Chippendale design influence. The four Cabriole legs are connected on three sides by a wavy profile, cent...
Category
Mid-18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Six Rococo Sèvres Style Porcelain Plates
Located in London, GB
Each porcelain plate in this set of six features a navy-blue ground, distinctive to works produced in the style of Sèvres, and gilded rims with ornate patterns inscribed. The centre ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large French Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze Bracket Lamps
Located in Virum, DK
This exquisite pair of bracket lights are approximately two feet in height. They are comprised of a motif of ribbons and foliage and florals and are beautifully rendered in the fashi...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
German 18th Century Rococo Mirror, Bavaria, White Painted
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Very charming German 18th century period Rococo mirror. Beautifully carved with c-scrolls and flower buds, white and polychrome painted. Antique mirror plate and orginal back.
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Frame, Wood, Late 17th-Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century.
Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned).
The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Four Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
The gilt bronze sconces in this set of four are designed in the beautiful Regency style, the manner of decorative art that most closely aligns with the early Rococo yet betrays the l...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Reliquary Mirrors on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Italy circa 1820, each antique church reliquary sits on a rectangular base, and features hand carved scroll decor including a shell motif a...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
1980s Signed Persian Tabriz Wool and Silk Rug with French Rococo Pastels
Located in Dallas, TX
77436 Vintage Persian Tabriz Shirfar Rug with Romantic French Provincial Rococo Style 16'11 x 26'09. Fashioned by the adept touch of Shir Far, a celebrated master weaver...
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wool
Rare German Rococo 18th Century Period Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very unusual and superb Rococo console table from the mid-18th century. On four carved legs with an X-shaped stretcher, overall with scrolls and dolphin-like sea creatures. This ex...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Side Table of the Early 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Side table of the early 19th century, base decorated with carved and gilded wooden shells.
Measures: H 61cm, D 47cm.
Category
19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian 19th Century Rococo Style Carved Mirror with Traces of Gilt and Scrolls
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style carved mirror from the 19th century, with traces of gilt. Created in Italy during the 19th century, this piece features a polygonal mirror plate surrounded by...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Bristol Delftware Set of Six Polychrome Chinoiserie Scalloped Plates, 1760
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wonderful set of six Bristol delftware polychrome Chinoiserie scalloped plates,
Redbank Back Factory,
Circa 1760
The plates have a most appealing, br...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Pair of Gilt Bronze Mirrored Sconces, Probably, Italian
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful pair of gilt bronze mirrored six candle sconces with crystals, probably European in origin. Great form in very good overall condition, with some breaks, losses, and expec...
Category
19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Antique Limoges Enamel Plaque of a Fête Galante
Located in London, GB
Antique Limoges enamel plaque of a fête galante
French, late 19th century
Measures: Frame: Height 27cm, width 28.5cm, depth 3cm
Plaque: Height 14cm, wi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chest of Drawers Swedish Rococo Light Wood, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chest of drawers Swedish Rococo light wood, Sweden. A beautiful chest of drawers with amazing inlays and construction. Made in Sweden during th...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Small Swedish 18th Century Primitive Rococo Folk Art Armchair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Rococo Folk Art armchair from the typical main Swedish folk art category furniture
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
Urns Pair Delft Blue and White, 18th Century, Holland
Located in New York, NY
Urns pair of delft blue and white 18th century, Holland. A pair of stunning urns made during the 18th century in Delft, Holland. Glazed pottery in blue and white.
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Antique Ornate German 800 Silver Creamer & Sugar Set by J. Riemann
By J. Riemann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A highly ornate German solid silver creamer and sugar set by J. Riemann with repoussé decoration throughout.
Perfect for a small tea or coffee service (and of course the cabinet)!...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Finesse Original Rococo Figural Cherub Grapevine Large Fiberglass Art Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finesse Original Rococo figural cherub grapevine large fiberglass art frame. Item features multiple cherub angels surrounding frame, flowers and leaves, fruit and vines, frame made o...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage Turkish Silk Hereke Rug with Art Nouveau Rococo Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77475, vintage Turkish silk Hereke rug with Art Nouveau Rococo style. With ornate details and well-balanced symmetry combined with a dreamy color palette, this hand knotted silk vint...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Rococo Style Miniature Longcase Clock, Mahogany Case, circa 1870
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive Rococo style miniature longcase clock, circa 1870. The waisted polished mahogany case adorned with decorative brass mounts. The ...
Category
1870s British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Giltwood Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Impressive finely carved gold gilt wood Rococo style wall mirror or console mirror. Italy 1930-1940s.
This highly decorative wood carved scrolls and leaves decorated frame is covere...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Crucifix on a Tourmaline in Crystal on a Obsidian Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with a hand carved figure of Christ decorated with tourmaline in crystal quartz on a polished obsidian base.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood, Gesso and Gilt Mirror, Italy, circa 1880
Located in Miami, FL
Gorgeous monumental hand carved wooden mirror made of wood, gesso and gilt.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Rococo Console Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Rococo carved and giltwood console table with lobed shell and foliate carving in lovely old surface stripped down to the original gilding, having crisp carving...
Category
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Frame
By Rocco Turzi Decoration
Located in London, GB
A highly detailed late 19th century gold metal leaf cover frame decorated in golden floral motifs.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Gesso
Early 19th Century Swedish Pine Side Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
A lovely painted and gilt Swedish pine table, circa 1810.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
18th Century Rococo Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Fine and unusually wide 18th-century original Rococo vitrine cabinet, circa 1770, Sweden.
Top vitrine containing two shelves and one spoon shelf. The bottom part with two doors with two shelves each. One open compartment originally used for keeping the water canister.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Rococo Style Silver Handmade Candelabra, Pradella, Italy, 1980
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent handcrafted five-flame candelabra reproduces the Classic Milanese style of the mid-18th century.
A majestic and elegant piece of incomparable craftsmanship for a high-cl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pair of Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Figural Eight-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Fine Quality Pair of Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Figural Eight-Light Candelabras
Origin: French
Date: Circa 1900
Dimension: 37 1/2 inches tall
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
17th Century Venetian Console Table and Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
This Grand Venetian console and mirror was made in Venice, Italy, during the late 17th century, circa 1680. It features a polychrome and gilt finish with a hand painted faux marble t...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Swedish 18th C. Period Rococo Painted Wood Linen Press
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century Swedish period Rococo painted wood cabinet or linen press with two doors over four drawers, inner shelves, wonderful pediment and bracket feet.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Wall Mounted Console
Located in Barntrup, DE
Solid walnut wall-mounted console with beautiful beaded and Louis XV style bronze decors.
Dimensions:
Height 82 cm / 32.28 in;
Width 97 cm / 38.18 in;
Depth 44 cm / 17.32 in.
Category
1920s Belgian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Northern Swedish Authentic Rococo Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish Rococo cabinet from the province Jämtland, in northern Sweden on the border to Norway. The cabinet is restored by hand to the original first layer of paint. The door...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Mahogany Wood / Bronze Details Pair Twin Bed
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Superb craftsmanship and elegant adornment details characterize these exceptional hand carved matching pair of mahogany wood single beds with superior craftsmanship design details. E...
Category
1890s European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Altar Stick with a Chesapecten Fossil Scallop Shell & Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf altar stick with a Chesapecten plated fossil scallop shell and natural forming Baroque pearls.
The Chesapecten plate...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Savonnerie Mansion Carpet, Rococo Style, circa 1910s
Located in New York, NY
In a French Rococo style, the eggshell field is pointed at one end and shaped by oblique corners and a re-entrant half-cartouche. Small oval medallion with pale straw sub-medallion and mauve-pink border with grasses and flowers. Coarse weave, thick pile. French, or maybe Spanish or Austrian. Good condition. Hotel lobby carpet...
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1910s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool
18th Century Serpentine Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century English mahogany serpentine fronted chest with fluted canted corners, the well figured top with segmented under edge molding over three short drawers, the center on...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Large Oval French, 18th Century Genre Painting
Located in Southampton, NY
Large oval French, 18th century genre painting.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Rococo Furniture
Hand Carved Italian Painted Wood Lantern
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Hand-carved Italian painted wood lantern. This chandelier lantern inspired from a 16th century Russian Greek orthodox lantern. The angel faces attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and are on the three-sided lighting fixture with angel wings framing...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Danish 18th Century Walnut Veneer Wall Vitrine Display Case
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 18th century walnut veneer wall vitrine display case, Copenhagen, Denmark
The display case has with two small drawers with original brass hardware.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Europa Antiques. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $18 and tops out at $425,000 while the average work can sell for $3,793.
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